''Pterocryptis'' is a
genus
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of
sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout
India
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, southern
China and
Southeast Asia
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.
There are two
cavefish
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species in the genus, ''P. buccata'' and ''P. cucphuongensis''.
Species
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:
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Pterocryptis anomala''
( Herre, 1933)
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Pterocryptis barakensis''
Vishwanath & Nebeshwar Sharma, 2006
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Pterocryptis berdmorei''
( Blyth, 1860)
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Pterocryptis bokorensis''
( Pellegrin & Chevey, 1937)
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Pterocryptis buccata''
Ng & Kottelat, 1998 (Cave sheatfish)
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Pterocryptis burmanensis''
(Thant, 1966)
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Pterocryptis cochinchinensis''
(Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 1840)
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Pterocryptis crenula''
Ng & Freyhof, 2001
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Pterocryptis cucphuongensis''
( Mai, 1978)
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Pterocryptis furnessi''
( Fowler, 1905)
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Pterocryptis gangelica''
Peters Peters may refer to:
People
* Peters (surname)
* Peters Band, a First Nations band in British Columbia, Canada
Places United States
* Peters, California, a census-designated place
* Peters, Florida, a town
* Peters Township, Kingman County, Kan ...
, 1861
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Pterocryptis indicus''
(Datta, Barman & Jayaram
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, 1987)
*''
Pterocryptis inusitata''
Ng, 1999
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Pterocryptis taytayensis''
( Herre, 1924)
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Pterocryptis torrentis''
( Kobayakawa, 1989)
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Pterocryptis verecunda''
Ng & Freyhof, 2001
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Pterocryptis wynaadensis''
( Day, 1873)
References
Siluridae
Fish of Southeast Asia
Freshwater fish genera
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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